Now would be a good time to play “February Snow” by Lester Flatt and the Nashville Grass.
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Del McCoury born, 1939
Tom Gray born, 1941
David Parmley born, 1959
Jason Carter born, 1973
Wiley Morris born, 1919 (died 9/22/1990)
Ralph King died, 2018
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Groundhog Day!
(For song suggestions, click here)
Carrie Hassler born, 1979
Johnny Whisnant died, 1992
Keith McReynolds died, 2000
Louise Scruggs died, 2006
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Bill Monroe’s first Decca session, 1950
Danny Jones died, 2017
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66th Annual Grammy Awards to be held at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles
David Grisman, Tony Rice and Jerry Garcia recorded “The Pizza Tapes,” 1993
Clarence “Tater” Tate born, 1931
Steve Sparkman born, 1972
Art Wooten born, 1906. (Died Oct. 6, 1986)
Jethro Burns died, 1989
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Pam Gadd born, 1960
George Garris born, 1953
Chubby Anthony died, 1980
Louvin Brothers joined the Grand Ole Opry, 1955
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Paul Brewster born, 1956
Dale Reno born, 1961
Rhonda Vincent was inducted as a member of the Grand Ole Opry by Dierks Bentley, 2021
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Wilma Lee Cooper born, 1921 (died 9/13/2011)
Joe Stuart born, 1928 (died 9/13/1987)
Dub Crouch born, 1930 (died 1/8/2017)
Donna Stoneman born, 1934
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Merle Watson born, 1949 (died 10/23/1985)
Don Wayne Reno born, 1963
Lulu Belle (of Lulu Belle and Scotty) died, 1999.
Steve Scruggs born, 1958 (died 9/23/1992)
Pauline “Mom” Lewis died, 2003
Joe Meadows died, 2003
Bessie Lee Mauldin died, 1983
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Jim McCall died, 2010
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Kyle Wood born, 1966 (died 12/19/2021)
Jason Davis born, 1988
Louvin Brothers join the Opry, 1955
Vern Young born, 1924 (died 6/14/2019)
“Wagon Wheel” released by Old Crow Medicine Show, 2004
Aaron “Frosty” Foster died, 2021
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Super Bowl LVIII (58) played at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada
(Song Suggestion: Play “Fourth & Goal” by Terry Baucom’s Dukes of Drive)
Charles Bailey (Bailey Brothers) born, 1916 (died 3/12/2004)
Slim Richey born, 1938 (died 5/31/2015)
Tyler Williams born, 1985
Rudy Lyle died, 1985
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Abraham Lincoln born, 1809
(Play “Song for Abraham” by Irl Hees or “Booth Shot Lincoln” by Uncle Earl)
Red Allen born, 1930 (died 4/3/1993)
Mike Lilly died, 2020
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Mardis Gras (Fat Tuesday)
(Play “Mardis Gras” by Evie Ladin or “Mardis Grass” by Mason Via, “When the Saints Go Marching In” by Flatt & Scruggs, “City of New Orleans” by the Seldom Scene or Special Consensus, or any cajun tunes).
Jim McReynolds born, 1927 (died 12/31/2002)
Charlie Moore born, 1935 (died 12/24/1979)
Janis Lewis Phillips born, 1939
David McLaughlin born, 1958
Wilma Millsaps born, 1949
Boudleaux Bryant born, 1920 (died 6/25/1987)
Bill Monroe recorded “Kentucky Waltz” (with Sally Ann Forrester on accordian), 1945
The Country Boys (Roland and Clarence White) appeared on the Andy Griffith Show, 1961
Earl Scruggs received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, 2003
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Valentines Day
(For song suggestions, click here)
Ash Wednesday
Hubert Davis born, 1929 (died 5/4/1992)
Raymond K. McLain died, 2003
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Tennessee Legislature voted “Rocky Top” the state song of Tennessee, 1982
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David Davis born, 1961 (d. 9/15/2024)
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Buck Trent born, 1938 (died 10/9/2023)
Louise Scruggs born, 1927 (died 2006)
First recording by the Monroe Brothers, 1936
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66th Running of the Daytona 500
(Play “Daytona” or “Superman Jimmie” by Marty Falle or “Twentieth Century Drifter” by Marty Robbins)
Dudley Connell born, 1956
Don Rigsby born, 1968
Dan Hays born, 1959
Sean Watkins born, 1977
Garland Shuping died, 2000
First gig by Hot Rize in Boulder, Colorado, 1978
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Presidents Day
(Song suggestions: Play “White House Blues” by Del McCoury, “Truman’s Vision” by Randy Kohrs, or “Mr. President” by Unspoken Tradition)
Howard “Cedric Rainwater” Watts born, 1913 (died 1970)
Grandpa Jones died, 1998
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Mark Newton born, 1957
Claire Lynch born, 1954
Sharon Cort born, 1953
Glenn Lawson born, 1951
R.C. Harris born, 1940 (died 6/21/2023)
Chris Thile born, 1981
Alan Perdue died, 2019
Johnson Mountain Boys recorded “Live at the Old Schoolhouse” album, 1988
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Don Reno born, 1927 (died Oct. 16, 1984)
Dick Kimmel born, 1947
Heidi Greer born, 1994
Bruce Moody died, 2009
Monroe Fields died, 2015
Dolly Parton won a Grammy for her album “The Grass is Blue,” 2001
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George Washington born, 1732
Last performance by Flatt & Scruggs on the Grand Ole Opry, 1969
First bluegrass Grammy awarded to Bill Monroe for his “Southern Flavor” album, 1989
Garland Shuping born, 1951 (died 2/18/00)
Ron Rice born, 1955
Valerie Gabeheart born, 1961
Al Jones born, 1932 (died 3/3/2024)
Donny Catron died, 2016
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Byron Berline’s Double Stop Fiddle Shop in Guthrie, Oklahoma burned, 2019
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Little Roy Lewis born, 1942
Mac Wiseman died, 2019
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Ralph Stanley born, 1927 (died 6/23/2016)
John Reischman born, 1955
Emma Smith born, 1945
Peter Wernick born, 1946
Tom Henderson died, 2014
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Brandon Rickman born, 1977
Alvin Breeden died, 2013
Punch Brothers released first album “Punch,” 2008
Buffalo Creek Hollow (Logan County, West Virgina) is flooded leaving 125 dead and thousands homeless, 1972
(Song suggestion: Play “Buffalo Creek Flood” by James Reams and the Barnstormers)
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Carolyn Routh born, 1967
Doc and Merle Watson won the Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance for “Big Sandy/Leather Britches” from their Live & Pickin’ album, 1980
The soundtrack for “O Brother Where Art Thou” wins the Grammy Award for Album of the Year, 2002
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School bus #27 hit the rear end of a tow truck on U.S. Route 23 in Knotley Hollow (Floyd County), Kentucky, and plunged into the Big Sandy River killing 26 students and the bus driver, 1958.
(Song suggestion: Play “No School Bus in Heaven” by the Stanley Brothers.)
Warren Amberson born, 1964
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Leap Day! (Yes, it’s this year!)
Mike Compton born, 1956